DREAM WEEKEND FOR BMW RACING TEAM TOTH AT IMOLA!

The team replaced
Tamas Tompa, Imre Jr.'s mechanic with Csaba Kulik, plus secured more
support from BMW and Öhlins.

The race weekend
started a lot better than usual. Both Imre and Gabor found the bikes
more reactive during the first free practices, because the new setups
solved the bikes handling problems. Despite in a need for more pace,
the team hoped for a Superpole participation.

On
Saturday after the third free practice, the lightning struck. Imre
recorded a 1'52.580
lap a day before, which was perfect for the 20th
(Superpole eligible) place but Santiago Barragán did the exact same
laptime during the final minutes of the session... According to the
rules, the team had to miss the Superpole, by 0.000 seconds.

The
team's ”never say die” attitude put the disappointment behind and
worked through the final free practice, making the bike even more
better.

The
Sunday Warm-up session went down without notable improvement... But
something good was in the air.

Before
the races it was announced by the Grillini Kawsaki Team that Niccoló
Canepa is ill, and can't take part in the races. That meant the team
stepped one place forward (P19 & P20) on the grid.

Race
one:

Right
after the start of the first race, it was clear the teams race pace
is still lacked, but because the field made some mistakes and
technical errors, Imre and Gabor came close to the point scoring
positions. On the 9th
lap, David Salom had a huge accident, which caused a red flag
situation.

Race
one (restarted):

The
restarted race was a 6 lap dash, Imre started from P16 Rizmayer P17.
The two had an amazing fight with eachother. After seeing Leon Camier
crashing out in the from of them, the fight turned into more serious.
With a brave but safe move, Imre passed Gabor before the checkered
flag.

Race two:

The second race started without David Salom, the team stepped up a
position on the grid again. Imre and Gabor had a fantastic fight with
eachother, and avoided all dangerous situations on the track, a lot
of riders crashed, had technical issues, after seeing Chaz Davies
stopping on the track, both riders decided to bring the bikes home
safely, securing the teams best ever result in Superbike. P12 and P13
meant the team tied the 2014 Magny-Cours result, this time Imre
finishing ahead of Gabor.

Rider quotes:

Imre Toth Jr.:

„We
had two fantastic races, yet we have to push a lot more. Our race
pace is still not good, but the improvements on the bike and securing
Csaba Kulik as my mechanic filled us with hope. Both races went down
to the wire, fighting with Gabor, and it was amazing. We finally had
some luck too, Finally I can say we made some some progress.
Obviously we can't stop here and get better and better for Donnington
in every way. I'm very happy right now, because this is the first
time I scored points in both races on the same day!”

Results:
P15 in race one, P12 in race two.

Gabor Rizmayer:

„Finally!
After missing out from the point since Magny-Cours last year, I
finally made it! We had a two race long fight with Imre and it was
amazing! The weather was a bit too warm for our bikes, but the
improvements we made are worth it. I really can't wait the British
round, where I hope we can make further steps ahead.”